Display Cabinet Labels

Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools Access Guide

Front Cabinet

Above

Southern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora
Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Bird: 56729

Below

South American Tapir
Tapirus terrestris
Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Mamm: 2441

Top Shelf

  1. Unknown Roman artist
    Bust of Apollo
    100–200 CE
    Marble
    Denver Art Museum: Museum purchase, 1966.12
  2. Unknown Greek artist
    Kantharos
    400–300 BCE
    Glazed ceramic
    Denver Art Museum: Gift of Count and Countess James Lovatelli, 1955.16
  3. Unknown Egyptian artist
    Head of Hermes or Dionysus
    100–200 CE
    Marble
    Denver Art Museum: Gift of M. A. Mansoor and sons, 1950.28p

Middle Shelf

  1. Artist unknown
    Memento Mori Skull
    About 1550–1600
    Terracotta
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  2. Artist unknown
    Archdukes Albrecht and Isabella in a Sledge on the Brussels Grand Place
    About 1610
    Oil paint on copper
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  3. Artist unknown
    Box in the Form of a Shell
    About 1700
    Tropical wood
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  4. Artist unknown
    Figure of Death with a Scythe
    About 1600
    Wood
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp

Bottom Shelf

  1. Artist unknown
    Toad
    About 1550
    Bronze
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  2. Artist unknown
    Pendant in the Shape of a Skull
    About 1600
    Rock crystal and silver
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  3. Artist unknown
    Crucifixion
    About 1600
    Alabaster
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  4. Master of Charles V
    Flemish, active 1505–1533
    Prayer Book
    About 1520–30
    Illuminated manuscript on parchment
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  5. Artist unknown
    Skull
    About 1700
    Ebony
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  6. Artist unknown
    Prayer Beads
    1600s
    Ivory and bone
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  7. Artist unknown
    Coconut Cup
    About 1600
    Coconut and ivory
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  8. Artist unknown
    Three Knife Sheaths with a Biblical Scene
    About 1580–1600
    Wood and metal
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp

Back Cabinet

Left Case

  1. Artist unknown
    Relief with the Mourning Marys and Saint John
    About 1520
    Polychromed and gilded wood
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  2. Studio of Artus II Quellinus
    South Netherlandish, 1625–1700
    Lamentation Group
    About 1660
    Boxwood
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp

Center Case

  1. Artist unknown
    The Entombment
    About 1550
    Alabaster
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  2. Artist unknown
    Relief with Neptune and Amphirite
    1600s
    Boxwood
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  1. Artist unknown
    The Descent from the Cross
    About 1520
    Alabaster
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  2. Willem Ignatius Kerricx
    South Netherlandish, 1682–1745
    Saint Joseph and the Chirst Child
    About 1710
    Wood
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  3. Adam Olearius
    German, 1599–1671
    Gottoerffische Cabinet of Curiosities
    1674
    Ink on paper
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp

Right Case

  1. Artist unknown
    Relief with Scenes from the Parable of the Prodigal Son
    About 1550
    Alabaster
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp
  2. Jan Borman III
    South Netherlandish, Active 1499–about 1522
    Virgin Mary with the Christ Child
    About 1490–1500
    Polychrome wood
    The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp

Wall (Left to Right)

  • Great Horned Owl
    Bubo virginianus
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Bird: 52414
  • Greater Birds-of-Paradise
    Paradisaea apoda
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Bird: 47876-8
  • Great Horned Owl
    Bubo virginianus
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Bird: 530

Lower Case

  1. Stibnite
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: EGM.251
  2. Lepidolite
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: EGM.8989
  3. Stibnite
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: EGM.5585
  4. Tourmaline
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: EGM.18176
  5. Aquamarine
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: EGM.18167
  6. Cavansite
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: EGM.18147
  1. Cypris Morpho
    Morpho cypris
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: ZE.124144
  2. Anaxibia Morpho
    Morpho anaxibia
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: ZE.124142
  3. Sunset Morpho
    Morpho hecuba obidonus
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: ZE.124143
  4. Misc. Butterflies, Moths & Grasses
    Lepidoptera
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: ZE.2000-106
  5. Birdwing Butterfly
    Troides
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: ZE.124145
  6. Deidamia Morpho
    Morpho deidamia
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: ZE.124140
  7. Deidamia Morpho
    Morpho deidamia
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: ZE.124141
  8. Lace Stick Coral
    Distichopora violacea
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Inv: 36611
  9. Carrier Shell
    Xenophora
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Inv: 36657
  10. Blue Coral
    Heliopora coerulea
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Inv: 36720
  11. Red Coral
    Corallium rubrum
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Inv: 36614
  12. Fluted Giant Clam
    Tridacna squamosa
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Inv: 36617
  13. Regal Thorny Oyster
    Spondylus regius
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Inv: 36613
  14. Blue Sea Star
    Linckia laevigata
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Inv: 36583
  15. Mosaic Tun
    Tonna tessellate
    Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Inv: 36506

Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks is co-organized by the Denver Art Museum and The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp (Belgium). It is presented by the Birnbaum Social Discourse Project. Support is provided by the Tom Taplin Jr. and Ted Taplin Endowment, Keith and Kathie Finger, Lisë Gander and Andy Main, the Kristin and Charles Lohmiller Exhibitions Fund, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Christie's, the donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign, and the residents who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine and CBS Colorado.